Opened in 1875, the Belfast Central Railway (BCR) initially connected Central Junction (at MP 112 on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Dublin – Belfast main line, just west of Great Victoria Street station) with Ballymacarrett Junction at MP0.44, outside Queen’s Quay station on the Belfast & County Down Railway. The Belfast Central Railway & The Cross-Harbour Rail Link Sources: Irish Railways Today (1967), the Northern Counties Railway (1973) and Johnson’s Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland (1997). The line between Belfast Central and Bleach Green Jct is also used by trains serving the Londonderry/Portrush lines. York Road station closed in 1992, replaced by Yorkgate (on a different site) as part of the opening of the new cross-harbour line to Belfast Central.
![bridge cc 2014 bridge cc 2014](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/81/77/3817724_dfaf42a4.jpg)
The line between Belfast York Road and Larne Harbour opened as far to Carrickfergus in 1848 and from Carrickfergus to Larne Harbour in 1862.